Latest Cruise Pollution Report Card Shows Difficulty of Overseeing the Industry
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There's really no way to tell how sustainably cruise lines operate, due to a lack of regulation on a global scale. Since cruise lines aren't required to release detailed data on their environmental footprint, there is little accountability.
Carbon dioxide scrubbers, more efficient propulsion systems, and enhanced recycling programs are some of the ways that cruise lines seems to be working towards operating more sustainably.
Solid data on how cruise line pollution affects the environment, however, is hard to come by, leaving it up to external groups to weigh in on cruise ship sustainability.
Most cruise lines have made little progress on both sustainability and transparency when it comes to disclosing their effect on the environment, according to the latest cruise line sustainability report card from eco-friendly group Friends of the Earth.
Disney Cruise Line was ranked as the greenest cruise line overall, followed by Cunard Crui
